zuvorkommen

/[t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔmən]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#69,931

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

zuvorkommen is aGermanverb. It means: schneller sein als ein anderer (und damit als Erster etwas tun, was sonst der andere getan hätte) Pronounced [t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔmən].

Key facts for zuvorkommen
PropertyValue
Headwordzuvorkommen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔmən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#69,931
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of zuvorkommen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for zuvorkommen is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔmən]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,931 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for zuvorkommen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is zuvorkommen, spelled Z-U-V-O-R-K-O-M-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    schneller sein als ein anderer (und damit als Erster etwas tun, was sonst der andere getan hätte)
  2. 2
    etwas in Voraussicht schon rechtzeitig entgegentreten, zum Beispiel um ein drohendes Problem zu vermeiden

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #69,931 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "zuvorkommen"?
"zuvorkommen" is spelled Z-U-V-O-R-K-O-M-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔmən].
What does "zuvorkommen" mean?
As a verb, "zuvorkommen" means: schneller sein als ein anderer (und damit als Erster etwas tun, was sonst der andere getan hätte)
How do you pronounce "zuvorkommen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "zuvorkommen" is [t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "zuvorkommen" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.